If Mario was designed in 2010

Game designer Zack Hiwiller has posted a set of screenshots showing what Super Mario Brothers would look like if it was designed in 2010 and it's a fairly brutal look at modern game design. Outside of the hand holding most games do now a day it also looks at the influence of social media and micro-payments in games. I've included my personal favorite below but do venture over to the site and take a look at the rest as it's fairly funny stuff (and it's a joke so lighten up).

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